Research Guides: New York Times: Access

Access Answers

What can I access?

Access is generally available to all users. Registration or account creation might be required to access.

For commercial websites, the UCI Libraries do not offer premium memberships or subscriptions.

Access is available to all users ON the UCI campus and at GML.

OFF campus access requires Authorized Affiliates to log into the VPN with their active UCInetID and password. Authorized Affiliates are users with an active UCInetID and password, i.e. current UCI students, faculty, and staff.

- UCI- Authorized Affiliates

Access requires an active UCInetID and password.

Authorized Affiliates are users with an active UCInetID and password, i.e. current UCI students, faculty, and staff.

- UCI- Merage Affiliates

These resources are not licensed by the UCI Libraries, but librarians occasionally promote them when they are relevant for certain types of research.

Access is available only for Authorized Affiliates, who are also affiliated with the Paul Merage School of Business.

- UCI- Limited Affiliates

The resources are limited to select UCI populations, based on the user’s status, e.g. current UCI Faculty or PhD students. Please refer to the UCI Libraries for access instructions.

Examples for why content may be limited include: a vendor set restrictions on who may access their information; alternatively, information may be sensitive, identifying, or embargoed;

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New York Times

Access: UCI- Authorized Affiliates
The UCI Libraries and The New York Times entered a partnership which provides sponsored NYTimes.com accounts. Accounts do not include e-reader editions, Times Insider content, or digital versions of the New York Times Crossword.

How do current UCI affiliates (i.e. students, faculty, and staff with an active UCInetID and password) activate their complimentary accounts?

You must be on the UCI campus or, if you are off campus, using the VPN, configured to UCIFull.
Visit AccessNYT.com.
Type Irvine to find UCI in the list of schools.
You will be directed to the Create Your Account page.
Use your @uci.edu email address to create your account, and choose the type of user (student/faculty/staff/administrator/other) that corresponds to you.
Then click Sign Up.
After you create your account, you can download the NYT app on your mobile device (phone/tablet) and log in with your new account credentials.

How do current UCI affiliates renew their account?

Computer Website Renewal:

You must be on the UCI campus or, if you are off campus, using the VPN, configured to UCIFull.
When renewing on a computer that you regularly use to access NYTimes.com, you will often be auto-recognized. If you are not auto-recognized, then:
- Visit AccessNYT.com.
- Type Irvine to find UCI in the list of schools.
- Beneath the Create Account button, click on Already have an account? Log in here »

Mobile App Renewal:

You might get stuck in a loop when trying to renew your account on the mobile app, like this.
Already a subscriber? Log in. >> Don’t have an account? Create one. >> “Could Not Create Account. The e-mail address provided is already in use.” >> Already a subscriber? Log in.
- If that happens, delete and reinstall the mobile app.

Can current UCI affiliates who already have personal subscriptions cancel their membership?

If you currently have a personal paid subscription to the New York Times and are having difficulty creating a UCI account, please contact the New York Time's Customer Service directly. Personal subscriptions: 1-800-698-4637 * Academic subscriptions: 1-800-753-7795